• hansl@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There are precedent for not following illegal orders. The Nuremberg trials made that point very clear.

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      11 months ago

      The Nuremberg trials were only allowed to happen because of how badly the Nazis were beaten at the end of WW2. They also didn’t possess nuclear weapons. If the Americans were about to critically lose a war like the Nazis did, to the point where they would be standing trial for warcrimes a la the Nuremberg Trials, they would probably detonate their arsenal.

      Also, is it illegal to deploy troops on your own soil? I wasn’t aware of that rule.

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      11 months ago

      You’re assuming it’s illegal. I’m pretty sure the commander-in-chief can declare various types of emergencies and deploy a response, at will. The potentially illegal part is theres usually limits, including very short time periods, unless congress ratifies the choice. Then who’s in half of congress is so far up Trump’s ass, they’d ratify covfefe